Posted on 03/06/2025 10:13:47 AM PST by dennisw
Tesla’s Empire CRUMBLES: Sales Crash & Owners Run For Their Lives - (in Europe too)
Rev Nation
Tesla is in serious trouble. Sales are plummeting across the globe, with shocking declines in key markets like Europe, Canada, and the United States.
Once the undisputed leader in the EV market, Tesla is now facing stiff competition, political backlash, and declining consumer confidence.
Here’s the latest sales data:
🔹 United States: Tesla sales rose 14% in February 2025 to around 42,000 vehicles, but market share dropped to 44% in 2024, signaling major challenges.
🔹 Global Sales: Tesla delivered 495,600 vehicles in Q4 2024, a 7.1% drop compared to the previous year. Production for 2024 declined by 4% overall.
🔹 Europe: Tesla sales collapsed by 45% in January 2025, despite the EV market growing 18%.
• Germany: 76% drop in sales in February 2025.
• France & Scandinavia: Sales fell by 45% and more in early 2025.
🔹 Canada: Tesla sales plunged 70% in January 2025, as government EV subsidies ended.
But it’s not just about numbers—Tesla is facing increasing political and social backlash.
Reports are emerging of owners being harassed, vehicles vandalized, and even Supercharger stations set on fire. Some Tesla owners are even removing the logo to avoid being targeted.
Is Elon Musk’s political presence hurting Tesla? Is the company losing its dominance in the electric vehicle market? And what does this mean for Tesla’s future?
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EVs will never catch on. Biden wasted billions pouring money into losing companies and promoting cars nobody wants.
Yugo car decals are under $20 at ebay
EVs were not much of an Empire anyway
Expected. I am pretty sure Musk has at least expected his political alignment would impact Tesla, he did get where he is by being naive.
He may not be able to do much and knows he has to eat these losses, we will see.
Yeah, remove the logo cause nobody could spot a tesla if you do that. SMDH! “Why yes Virginia, there are actually fidiots on both sides.”
he did NOT get where he is by being naive.
Stiff prison sentences are in order.
My take is that Elon is meh about all this Tesla. That he is moving on from Tesla to Mars + AI + X + politics + neural link + helping the Trump agenda. How much of Elon’s wealth is in Tesla stock?
BTW — Trumps Truth Social stock has increased his wealth by about 2-3 billion. But TS is in a down phase with stock only $20. It has been as high as $50.
You posted this without a comment? What’s your point?
Lots of us don’t care about electric cars, but we still like what Elon is doing as Trump’s advocate for DOGE.
Is Starship flying today ?
Musk knew what he was doing. He read the tea leaves on EVs long ago. Tesla has served it’s purpose.
"Reports are emerging of owners being harassed, vehicles vandalized, and even Supercharger stations set on fire. Some Tesla owners are even removing the logo to avoid being targeted."
Some (most?) is astroturf, funded recruited and organized by the same ****piles who gave us the Trayvon riots, the Ferguson riots, the Floyd riots, Antifa, BLM, and Occupy.
Supercharger vandalism was going on before. There at least used to be YT vids of horse's asses showing up en masse to park their gas guzzlers in all available charging stations. They seemed pretty proud.
Beyond that, there's always been hostility toward Tesla and Musk from across the political spectrum, and even right here on FR.
Yep +1
my comment is at #9 post
Here in NY, it wasn’t that long ago that Democrat Superstar Gov. Andrew Cuomo gifted Elon Musk’s Solar City a brand new $900 million factory in Buffalo NY, paid for by the taxpayer.
Democrats said Cuomo was going become President, and Elon Musk was going to save the environment
Now Democrats made one into a sex-pest, and other into a Nazi!
That’s the nature of leftist politics.
They may catch on if there’s a battery breakthrough, but the free markets should make that determination (obviously).
No need. Just find the ugliest car on the road.
“You posted this without a comment? What’s your point?”
Nearly all articles are posted without comment.
Its a fad. The fad is over.
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